Creative Zen V Plus 8 GB Portable Media Player
- Portable media player fits perfectly in your palm or pocket
- Extra-large 8 GB memory holds up to 4,000 songs, photographs, and album art
- 1.5-inch OLED screen displays rich and vibrant photos, full-color menus, and more at any viewing angle
- Direct CD Recording allows you to record songs directly from an audio source without using a PC
- Player doubles as a voice recorder with the handy built-in microphone
Product Description
Creative Zen V Plus 8GB MP3 player is made for for you. Flaunt your independent sense of style with its tiny size and eye-catching design that will be the envy of your friends. Enjoy a full suite of entertainment in a petite design - loads of music, full color photos, FM radio and view short video clips. Its ergonomically designed 5-way joystick enables easy access to all menus. You can even start voice recording with just a click of a button. Adjust your sound with 8 preset equalizer controls. Enjoy the ultimate collection of free audio podcast channels on www.zencast.com. Manage all your favorite subscriptions with ZENcast Organizer and experience the best of the free-to-share formats available. Downloading to Zen V Plus as it is part of the Microsoft PlaysForSure system. Select from more than a million songs from a myriad of online music stores - Napster To Go, Yahoo! Music Unlimited, Rhapsody To Go, and so much more. With PlaysForSure support, you will always be able to play any digital music purchased or subscribed to. Celebrate your unique, individual style with Zen V Plus! Audio Playback Format - MP3, WMA, WAV and Audible Photo Format - JPEG Video Playback Format - Transcoded video format Syncs with and views Microsoft Outlook Contacts, Calendar & Tasks Personal video clips FM Radio View Photos and Album Art at any viewing angle Subscription service support and pay per download music Direct CD recording Built-in Voice Recorder Syncs contacts, calendar and tasks Skip free playback Plays music, ZENCast, and audiobooks Alarm and clock Customizable main menu System Requirements - Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or higher) / XP 64-bit, Intel Pentium III 1GHz or AMD Duron 1GHz, 256MB RAM, USB 1.1 port (USB 2.0 recommended), 170MB free hard drive space (more for audio content storage) Dimensions - 1.7 x 2.7 x 0.6 inch Weight - 1.55 ounces Color - Black (body) & Blue (b
Amazon.com Product Description
With a tiny, eye-catching design, smooth contours, and discreet size, the Creative Zen V 8 GB Portable Media Player fits perfectly in your palm and slides effortlessly into your smallest pocket. With 8 GB of storage space, 
A 1.5-inch OLED screen displays rich and vibrant photos, as well as the easy-to-use Creative interface. View all Zen V features. | 
Not much bigger than a pair of earbuds! (black and orange model shown) See the Zen V in 3D. | the Zen V holds up to 4,000 songs, and the 1.5-inch OLED screen displays rich and vibrant photos, full-color menus, and album art at any viewing angle. Another great feature built right into the Zen V is the tiny device's ability to support subscription services and pay-per-download music. Plus, you'll never sweat formats--the Zen V plays the broadest selection of MP3 and WMA music. And browsing your music collection has never been easier with Creative's innovative interface that enables effective and intuitive navigation and track selection. Other great features include a Direct CD Recording function that allows you to record songs directly from a CD player or other audio source without using a PC as an intermediary. You no longer need to burn CDs to your PC then download to your MP3 player. Just connect an audio device directly to your Zen V, and record your favorite CDs, records, beats and more, direct from the source. Meanwhile, automatic track detection separates each song for you--a handy feature when you're converting analog (records and cassette tapes) to digital. If organization is a high priority, the Zen V's Personal Organizer will help you stay connected and in-sync with your Microsoft Outlook information. Just connect the Zen V to your PC, sync your Outlook information, and you'll be ready to carry around your contacts, calendar, and to-do lists right in your pocket. Plus, the Zen V uses a handy built-in microphone to double as a voice recorder, so you can capture notes, record lectures, and more. 
No matter how you hold it, the Zen V is just the right size. | Creative knows that sporty is sexy, and this player is ideal for any workout junkie. The skip-free playback is perfect on your morning jog or your most rigorous workout at the gym. The optional armband and case fit comfortably on your arm and keep your Zen V safe and secure while running or lifting. The Zen V player was designed for people who appreciate style and function. Don't be surprised when people take notice of your cool, colorful music and photo player. You can proudly announce that your device carries up to 2,000 songs, and you can show off your favorite photos that you've stored on this pocket-sized powerhouse.
What's in the Box
Creative Zen V, EP480 earphones, drawstring pouch lanyard, USB cable, line-in cable, installation CD including user manual, and quick start guide.
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Creative Zen V Plus 8 GB Portable Media Player
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- Publisher: Creative Labs
- Label: Creative Labs
- Studio: Creative Labs
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 26 reviews
- Sales Rank in Electronics: #18516
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: AWESOME PLAYER WITH ONLY ONE DRAWBACK....... 2007-08-06
Comment: I love this player!! I would choose this player over an iPod Nano. It has album art, video playback, pictures (you can download your own pictures to it too), and several other neat features. The only real drawback to this player is the fact that it does not support Mac OS X which, as you can guess, your player will not hook up to a Mac computer. I just got a brand new Mac right after I got my MP3 player and found out that I cannot hook it up to my new computer. Besides that, I love it!. Would recommend it to anyone.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Love It! 2007-07-14
Comment: I love this little gem. I wanted an MP3 player that I could listen to books on tape with. I have had this for a few months now. It has excellant sound quality and enough room to hold several books and music too. The menus are fairly easy to navigate and you can bookmark your place fairly easily. It's tiny so it fits in the pouches of workout shorts easily. Earphones are junk just like all earphones that come with MP3 players. I purchased these and am very happy JBuds Hi-Fi Noise Reducing Ear Buds for iPod (Black) I also purchased the portable speaker made specifically for the zen Creative Travelsound Zen V see reviews. I am happy with my purchase and would buy a zen again.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: space for music and space in your pocket 2007-07-04
Comment: I am upgrading to the 8GB model from the 4GB, which I have filled up. I download at a 320bps sample rate (Itunes is at about 190bps), which probably isn't necessary, but I still got over 400 songs on the 4GB player even at that.
The sound quality is quite good, and there is plenty of volume available. I upgraded to the Shure headphones which wrap around your ears and thus won't fall out when running, etc.
I am a bit concerned that the lower menu button on my 4GB player seems intermittent. I may be doing something wrong, but often when I push it, it just pauses or restarts the present song like the top button is supposed to do instead of returning me to the previous menu. If it gets to where it does this all the time, I won't be able to use the player. I have not read of others complaining of this problem, so perhaps it is a fluke.
The small size of this player is great for me. I would love to have a 60GB player and put virtually all of my music on it. But if it won't fit in my pocket and not be noticeable, what is the advantage of that? I don't care about photos or videos, but I do find that I enjoy having the album art pop up with the song. It's a connection to the music.
I think the ipod nanos are cute and slim, but who needs Itunes????
I received my new 8gb player. Creative has now changed the 8gb to red trim instead of blue like the 4gb. I was pleased to get going with it, these are great little players....
....when they work. This one didn't. It froze up on me, something that has happened just a couple of times with the 4gb, so I knew how to use a guitar string to reset it. Then it froze again on "rebuilding library". Uh oh...well, then I had to go to the recovery menu and use the "scan disk" to find corrupted files. It froze at 100% of the scan. Next I reformatted, wiping out all loaded songs to start over. This seemed to work, and I had reloaded about 1/3 of my songs when it froze again during song transfer. Same thing, reset and then it stalled on "rebuilding library". This time in desperation I downloaded new firmware from the creative site to see if this would give it a new start. But when I tried to load the new firmware, the player was not recognized by the software. Dead in the water, I called Creative tech support for help. He immediately pronounced it dead. Send it back.
Now it will be weeks before I can give it another try. What a negative experience. Like I said, I love these players and they sound great and are so portable and not tied to stupid I-tunes. But they appear to be a little flimsy. Creative knows about the "rebuilding library" problem, because it is on their website. Unfortunately their solution of reboot, clean up, reformat, reinstall does not solve the problem.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: The recipient of this gift was v. pleased 2007-06-28
Comment: I purchased this for my Mom's 60th birthday. She had it on her wish list & said she'd prefer it over my IPod Nano. She loves it & says it's v. user friendly. The best part is, our local library offers an online free download for audio books for card holders. It's not available in Ipod formats, so she is also able to DL freebies currently unavailable to my Ipod!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Almost perfect 2007-06-27
Comment: I have an ipod and now also this one. I love them both but they are not perfect yet.
Pros:
- Operating system far better than ipod one specially because of features such us: seeing details of songs like year, bitrate, etc; adding songs to playlist on the go; delete option; etc
- Adding photos is easy and direct. You do not need to stick to itunes dictatorship.
-Audio quality is very good. Sound level as well.
- Radio option is convenient.
- Photo browsing is easy.
- Browsing is fine through keys. Sometimes you hate ipod is so touch sensitive specially if you forget to press hold key.
Cons:
- Slow transfer speed. Compared to ipod it takes ages to transfer songs. I read it can be because of less quality of flash memory which slows all process. Nothing to do with usb2 because ipod is fast in the same computer.
- Slow on speed. It takes time to wake it up.
I recommend it. I put 4 stars so people at Creative improve speed in future gens.
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